2016 February Archive | Disruptive Media Learning Lab

Lost in Disruption! Reclaiming Innovation

27th April 2016 The idea that higher education institutions and educators themselves need to be innovative is often taken for granted, to the extent of seeming now trite and meaningless, but What does innovation in teaching and learning actually mean? Why is it so important? What does it look like? What is the role of..

Blog : Charlie talks Work Experience: Week 3

25th February 2016

by Charlie Legge, student at Coventry University doing his work experience with the lab This week’s been a little more fragmented than the previous two, with my meetings being split into a 2-hour session Monday and a meeting on Thursday, the former of which involved the consolidation of the 145 sets of notes on the assessments..

Blog : Reblog: Blabbing with Game Changers

19th February 2016
Tags: #disruptivebytes, Game Changers

Reposted from kategreen28.org As part of the Game Changers programme, I was always keen to have a global conversation to echo what gamification in learning can afford. As a learner and teacher of open programmes, I believe that the connected network has so much to offer learners, disregarding whether they are formally known as teachers..

The Team / Lauren Joyce

Media Producer Final year media and communication student, my interests include, youth culture, subcultures, neo-tribalism and how identity is constructed through discourse. Currently about to embark on an international experience, to front audiovisuals for La Republica, the primary media outlet in Costa Rica. laurenlucia.coventry.domains @joycelojo

Project : 360 Immersions

16th February 2016
Tags: New Models, New Practices

Overview 360 filming can offer a completely immersive learning experience. Using either a 360 camera or a rig comprised of an array of go-pro cameras, scenarios can be filmed to create an immersive environment that can be used for teaching. Goals To explore the use of 360 filming and editing techniques. The project will explore..

Blog : Charlie talks Work Experience: Week 2

15th February 2016

by Charlie Legge, student at Coventry University doing his work experience with the lab After my first day’s work, this Monday was more of a normal day; spent finishing the analysis on the assessments I’ve been looking at and trying to organise them into some sort of coherent summary, in order to be able to examine..

The Team / Alan Richards

Principal Project Lead My career has encapsulated a multitude of roles, from electrical engineering, business improvement and long-term strategy, to lecturing in management information systems and organisational behaviour. My passion is for innovative learning and teaching that meld business imperatives with academic endeavour to maximise student experience through practical application. [email protected] @cualanrichards

Blog : Charlie talks Work Experience

12th February 2016

by Charlie Legge, student at Coventry University doing his work experience with the lab Today was the first day of my Work Experience placement with my course, in an effort to improve employability the university have made some courses - including my 2nd year Psychology course - contain a mandatory Work Experience Module. I decided..

Videos / #disruptivebytes: Open Education Week

Live Stream: Hangouts on Air Location: The Grass Join the conversation on Twitter today: #openeducationwk | #DisruptEdu | @disrupt_learn About the session For the Disruptive Media Learning Lab’s contribution to Open Education Week, we will be hosting a Disruptive Bytes that is focused on Open Education. We are thrilled to have Leo Havemann..

Archive Event : #disruptivebytes: Open Education Week

9th March 2016 @ 12:00 pm — 13:00pm

For the Disruptive Media Learning Lab’s contribution to Open Education Week, we will be hosting a Disruptive Bytes that is focused on Open Education. We are thrilled to have Leo Havemann and Javiera Atenas join us on this exciting week in the educational calendar. Please do join us on the Grass, bring a friend and..